Erin and Dave Emmons, owners of the popular Lucky Taco food truck, have gone from offering mobile dining to providing restaurant seating at their new business on Main Street in Manchester.

The couple purchased the former Brass Key restaurant at 829 Main St. in September and moved quickly to open the Lucky Taco Cantina and Tap Room three weeks later.

The Lucky Taco truck started traveling the streets of Hartford in 2011, winning instant popularity along the way and local awards for best food truck.

"We were popular right off the bat," Erin Emmons said. "We had a good following immediately, and that helped us survive that first winter."

The truck is currently on hiatus but will be up and running again once things become settled at the restaurant.

The Emmonses have lived in Manchester for three years. Erin Emmons, who is originally from Tolland, met her husband while the two were working at different restaurants in Austin, Texas. After spending some time working in New York City, the two moved to Connecticut after deciding to start a family.

Because of her local roots, Erin Emmons said Main Street in Manchester is the perfect location for their restaurant.

"I've been shopping on Main Street in Manchester since I was a little girl," she said. "I used to go to Marlow's. I bought my prom dress at East-West. I bought my wedding dress at East-West. We always wanted to open something here. It was our dream because we love Main Street."

The Lucky Taco Cantina and Tap Room, which opened Oct. 15, initially served only breakfast and lunch but is scheduled to debut its dinner service Nov. 4. The restaurant also plans to to begin serving Saturday and Sunday brunch in November.

Erin Emmons said the restaurant's tentative closing time will be 9 p.m. but that will be pushed to later into the evening when the restaurant receives its liquor license and opens its bar.

In the room next to the main dining area, the Emmons family has been working on a 16-foot bar that will provide customers with 20 tap handles pouring craft beer. The bar will also offer drinks using fresh juice, such as margaritas and sangria. The couple hopes to open the bar sometime in November.

Until then, the Emmonses said, the customers have their choice of Lucky Taco's various tacos, burritos and other dishes, which will be made using fresh, homemade ingredients.

For more information or updates on the restaurant's changing hours and the status of its bar, visit the restaurant's Facebook page at facebook.com/LuckyTaco.